It sounded a little confusing at first for me to set up, but bear with me because, it was actually REALLY simple to set up.

Convert-a-link removes the need for you to use affiliate links, because it automatically converts all your links for you.

As you may imagine, this saves tonnes of time.

I just had to upload a plugin via wordpress, (it’s free) check it was working by following their simple instructions and hey presto… any direct link I’d add to my site from Etsy, is automatically turned into an affiliate link.

It’s not just with Etsy though.

If you added ANY link on your site, (regular, not an affiliate link) that was an attached to a program you’ve joined with AWIN, it automatically changes to an affiliate link!

Even better though, is that if you add a link to your site to a website where you haven’t joined their affiliate program, but they happen to be on AWIN – Awin will apply to them on your behalf!

What I love about this is, you don’t have to leave your site and fiddle about creating links. It’s all just done for you behind the scenes.

Also, if you have tonnes of Etsy links on your website already, (from before you joined the affiliate program) the convert-a-link tool just converts all those to affiliate links as well.

This will certainly save a huge amount of time if you’ve already been blogging for a while and means that you don’t have to worry you’ve missed any links.

It also ensures that all your affiliate links are correct – as, there isn’t that room for human error on your part.

What If You Don’t Want Convert-A-Link?

There may be a couple of reasons why you may not want to install convert-a-link.

For example; because you don’t use AWIN all that much in your blog, then it’s also easy to create links manually.

The way to do this, is to go to the deep-linking tool.

Go to: “links & tools” in the main menu and then go to “link builder,” in the drop down menu.

1. Choose your affiliate program from the drop down menu under “advertiser..” In this scenario, I picked Etsy.

2. Put the URL you would like your visitor to get to in the “Destination URL.” This would be your link directly to the product in question you’re promoting.

3. The deep link will appear in the large box. By clicking the “create a shortlink” link at bottom right, you will make the link a bit more user friendly and less scary looking! You don’t have to do this, but this is something I do personally.

Browser AWIN extension:

This is something I only just realised existed… after being with AWIN for two+ years!

If you have Chrome or Firefox, you can download a simple browser extension that allows you to create affiliate links, without having to navigate away from your website.

Simply go back to “links and tools,” and scroll down to “MyAwin,” under “Browser Extenstions.”

You can download the browser extension in seconds.

From the extension, you can also share your affiliate links via social media.

Extra Perks Of Etsy:

Etsy often has affiliate competitions that they run.

In my first year of being an Etsy affiliate and having a pretty new website, I decided to enter a contest over Christmas to win £100 Etsy vouchers, (I’m in the UK, but no doubt they also have similar promotions in other countries).

I just had to create a post, based around their Xmas gift guide basically and I think there were some conditions on word count and things like that.

I created my post based on kids craft gifts and… the awesome thing is, I won!

The draw was actually totally random, so I can’t say it was my awesome post that won me the prize, (ha!).

But I imagine that the number of entrants were actually quite low, so I would highly recommend entering them when you can.

As a brand new affiliate, (and as someone who often entered competitions anyway) I was really pleased to find this additional way you could potentially benefit from having a blog.

After that, I noticed Etsy often run affiliate competitions throughout the year, so make sure you’re subscribed and check your emails. 🙂

Have you already signed up as an ETSY affiliate? Let me know in the comments!

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Hi Nat, it sounds great. I am a newbie in affiliate marketing, and i live in Indonesia. does etsy allow me to be its affiliate?
I checked amazon and clickbank allowed me to be its affiliate, but i dont familiar with their payment system, they will send e a check for payment, i feel insecure and prefer a paypall payment.

Hi Andy, I’m not sure about Indonesia – I would go to AWIN and check with them. Also, as the etsy affiliate program is housed at AWIN, they are who pay you. They pay directly into a bank account, not via paypal. Regarding Amazon, yes I receive a check from amazon usa because I’m in the UK, they don’t pay via paypal. I get paid from clickbank directly into my bank account, but I guess it depends on your location. Don’t feel insecure about it though, I’ve had no problems being paid by check. Good luck Andy!

Hi Nat, thanks for your detailed and comprehensive review of the Etsy affiliate program. As I am based in Ireland, I was wondering how useful AWIN would be but now that you’ve told me, I will look into it again. Have you come across any affiliate programs with higher than usual commission rates?

Hi, yes you can sign up from Ireland. It’s a good one, I think it may be one of my favourites tbh. There are lots of programs with high commission rates – but I tend to go for mid level things, so not that I particularly recommend right now. What to look for, are things with recurring commissions – then you get paid time and time again. For example, with membership programs. All the best!

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